Good luck with the flit - and as for keeping in touch with the computer down, you can log in from any computer with internet access, and in England that'd means just about any public library. I can't imagine Australia would be behind on that sort of thing.

I'd suspect that Helen's point about the cuckoos being likely to see your departure as a victory. If the penny drops, and they rumble the fact that you are leaving, you could convince them it's good news, and with any luck they might not start thinking too much about the down side. Perhaps you had best leave the fridge and the cooker until the last thing to go, when it'll hit them it's warm beer and cold food from now on.